Seventh-day Adventists in Canada are casting a wary eye on their sermon notes and publications in light of the enactment Apr. 29 of Canadian Bill C-250, which adds "sexual orientation" to a list of "hate crimes" for which perpetrators can be charged with
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Celebrating 95 years of pioneering distance education, Home Study International, Inc., a unit of the Seventh-day Adventist Church world headquarters, is reaching new kinds of students, and achieving educational "miracles" along the way.
An estimated 15,000 delegates met daily at the Festival of Laity, the first event of its kind in the church's Southern Asia-Pacific region, at Mountain View College, an Adventist institution in Southern Philippines, April 26 to May 1.
Marking 10 years of telecasting that has added at least 12,000 people to the Seventh-day Adventist Church in Zambia, church leaders and government officials lauded the effort and added challenges for the future.
Though volunteerism is alive, says Vern Parmenter, director of the center, there are never enough volunteers.